Yuki Akaishi, a fourth-year ethnomusicology student, said she began her academic career at UCLA four years ago believing that she would one day become a doctor or surgeon. This plan never came to fruition because of a love for music, a feeling she said was stronger than anything she had ever felt for science. Read more...
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Yuki Akaishi, a fourth-year ethnomusicology student, will perform pop songs and covers in the Fowler Out Loud concert today.
Mark Stewart, better known by his stage name, Stew, compares the tight-knit art scenes in New York and Berlin to the independent one in Los Angeles. Read more...
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Known for his band the Negro Problem, Stew (Mark Stewart), pictured here with musical collaborator Heidi Rodewald, will kick off his artist residency at the UCLA Hammer Museum tonight in a performance at the Billy Wilder Theater. (Credit: Courtesy of UCLA Live)
Today, tUnE-yArDs will be performing in Ackerman Grand Ballroom along with two opening acts, In One Wind and Big Tree, as part of the Campus Events Commission's free concert series. Read more...
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Today, tUnE-yArDs will be performing in Ackerman Grand Ballroom with two opening acts, In One Wind and Big Tree.
On Saturday, Insomniac Events, the promoters responsible for organizing large concerts such as the Electric Daisy Carnival and Tiesto's College Invasion Tour, will host their first-ever Halloween-themed event, Escape from Wonderland. Read more...
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DJ Afrojack is set to perform at Escape from Wonderland on Saturday. (Courtesy of Insomniac)
While Powell Library usually provides an atmosphere for students preparing for exams, doing homework or taking naps in between classes, it is also the venue for UCLA's "Music in the Rotunda" concert series. Read more...
In Spanish, the word "cambalache" means exchange. For the Chicano music group Cambalache, it represents a cultural exchange between Chicanos in the United States and southern Veracruz, Mexico. Read more...
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Courtesy of Rudy Ramirez
When UCLA alumnus Noah Greenwald auditioned for the ethnomusicology program in 2000, he showed up with his electric guitar to perform his three required solo pieces. Read more...
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Noah Greenwald graduated from UCLA in 2004. He is now a music producer and DJ, and goes by the DJ name Noah The Man. On Oct. 30, he will be performing at Voyeur in Santa Monica.
